raucous
harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.
rowdy; disorderly: a raucous party.
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Origin of raucous
1Other words for raucous
| 1 | rough, jarring, raspy |
Opposites for raucous
Other words from raucous
- rau·cous·ly, adverb
- rau·cous·ness, rau·ci·ty [raw-si-tee], /ˈrɔ sɪ ti/, noun
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How to use raucous in a sentence
Gaetz said earlier this month to a similarly raucous ovation.
Video shows Rep. Gaetz blasting Silicon Valley and blustering about gun rights in the next breath | Timothy Bella | May 28, 2021 | Washington PostA Southern Airlines commercial featured toga-wearing flight attendants having a raucous party with first-class passengers.
Flight attendants’ roles have changed, but the stereotypes have not | Liza Weisstuch | May 13, 2021 | Washington PostNow Xander and his girlfriend of two years, Madison Osborne, walked slowly inside to find a party gone raucous, turned wild with joy.
How a rural Virginia town came together for an unforgettable pandemic prom | Hannah Natanson | May 7, 2021 | Washington PostI don’t remember many details, only that my colleagues, who are always raucous and rude, were particularly outspoken that day.
A new coffee shop in the nearby town of Washington started hosting raucous hardcore punk shows — and a painting of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain on its wall held court over the proceedings.
Thirty years ago, Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ rocked the Midwest | Dawson Barrett, Jonathan Wright | April 9, 2021 | Washington Post
An hour-and-a-half of pure, raucous, profanity-fueled laughter: what a perfect edition of Fashion Police aired on E!
Melissa Rivers: Life After Joan—A Funny, Moving Celebration on a Special 'Fashion Police' | Tim Teeman | September 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTActually, the scene was so darned enthusiastic that it began to look a little like a raucous Walmart employee rally.
Diane Sawyer's Swan Song: 'ABC World News' Anchor's Warm (and Long) Goodbye | Lloyd Grove | August 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen 45 years old, Robert Foligny Broussard was a raucous and charismatic Democrat from New Iberia, Louisiana.
Lake Bacon: The Story of The Man Who Wanted Us to Eat Mississippi Hippos | Jon Mooallem | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt first it was raucous, trembling with patriotism, a sea of seething yellow.
Germany Humiliates World Cup Host Brazil 7-1 in Semifinal Slaughter | Tunku Varadarajan | July 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo raucous did the celebration get that City Tavern took the unusual step of sending along a bill for “breakage.”
Life, Liberty, and the Founding Fathers’ Pursuit of Hoppiness | Kevin Bleyer | July 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe court crier cleared his throat and shouted in a raucous voice, Raymond Burton!
The Bail Jumper | Robert J. C. SteadEven the gulls, wheeling and darting along the shore, had a new note in their raucous crying.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairThe woman called to him in high-pitched and raucous prohibition, but Newt Spooner went heedlessly on his way.
The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville BuckFrom the adjoining room came the sound of Cavendish's breathing, but now it was more raucous, more like groan following groan.
The Lieutenant-Governor | Guy Wetmore CarrylIs the raucous "Well hit, Johnny," of the crowd a fitting, a reverent salutation?
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV. | Charles L. Graves
British Dictionary definitions for raucous
/ (ˈrɔːkəs) /
(of voices, cries, etc) harshly or hoarsely loud
Origin of raucous
1Derived forms of raucous
- raucously, adverb
- raucousness or rare raucity (ˈrɔːsɪtɪ), noun
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